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Residents cry foul due to poor C.O.H Health Services
Combined Harare
Residents Association (CHRA)
May 30, 2013
People living
with HIV and AIDS have raised an outcry at the inefficiency of the
City of Harare health service institutions, which they say are putting
their lives in jeopardy. These residents are disappointed by the
continuing shortage of anti-retroviral and Cotrimoxazole drugs at
both Wilkins and Beatrice Infectious diseases hospitals. A Highfield
resident, Mr. Zangoloti, who spoke to CHRA, said that Highfield
Council Clinic is facing the same problem. He said that the second
line of ARVs has not been available at the clinic for the past four
months. Consequently, HIV/AIDS patients have been referred to Wilkins
Hospital where they are required to pay a medical fee of US$70 to
get the drugs. Mr. Zangoloti pointed out that the US$70 cost is
beyond the affordability of many patients; a situation that is worsening
the conditions of many. This development has been a cause for concern
to CHRA considering the prevalence of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, not
only in Harare but also in the whole country.
On another note,
the CHRA Ward 43 Coordinator and Human Rights Defender, Mr. Douglas
Muzanenhamo, dragged the State to Court seeking restitution for
being denied access to ARVs and treatment while he was in prison
after being arrested on allegations of trying to overthrow the
Government using the “Egyptian Style” as he was caught
watching a video clip on the Egyptian uprising against their former
president Mubarak. The matter was referred to the Constitutional
Court (which is yet to be established in compliance with the new
Constitution).
Meanwhile, the
Zimbabwe Network
for People Living with HIV and AIDS in Highfield, in conjunction
with the CHRA Highfield ward leaders, are planning a mass action
targeting the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare. The objective
of the mass action is to demand for the adequate provision of ARVs
and other drugs at all health institutions in Harare as residents
have the right to health.
Visit the CHRA
fact
sheet
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